i have a packerd bell older pc 72 pin ram its like a 200 mhz cpu .ok i think they make 2 types of ram simms and edo.now there is 2 chips 16 x 2 32 total.i know if i put any in they must be paired up.i was wondering if any 72 pin matched up will they work???????
if your on about SD RAM as in the type before DDR then so long as it fits it will work. if your on about ram older than that then i havent got a clue as ive never worked on a pc that old lol
at ddp >>this pc has four simms slots i pulled one out and it has 72 written on corner. now there is only 32 mb ram 2-16mb chips .it is upgadeable to 128 ram . i think you need 128 to run xp??? here is a link on some ram . i dont understand the way he has it writtin. will these make me 128 or they all two small http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6845415686&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1
the biggest on that list is 16meg which means will give you 64meg. as 4x16=64. don't even think of putting xp on a 200mhz as that will be sloooowwwww!!!
thanks ddp i made a mistake the ram that is in there is called edo .can i put simms in them slots intead of edo . what do you mean by xp will be slow do you mean when it loads up?????????
edo is just a type of ram as can use either edo & non-edo or both at same time. xp will be slow the entire time & the 200mhz might not meet xp requirements.
this is what is says in the docs * 233 megahertz (MHz) Pentium or higher microprocessor (or equivalent) * 128 megabytes (MB) recommended (64 MB of RAM minimum; 4 gigabytes (GB) of RAM maximum) * 1.5 GB of free space on your hard disk * VGA monitor
72 pin edo must be run in pairs you would reqire 4 X 32mb sticks but the mod is right even with 128mb of ram on a 200mhz system XP would be dissapointing at best
ozzymary it will probably run it but it will be as slow as a wet week if you need to run xp on this station look at an upgade
check out your local computer repairer a celeron 500 using sd ram can be picked up for only a few bucks these days install the new board use your existing HDD roms etc You'll be much happier with the result
I mean if you have two computers in your home they are often refered to as stations by telling you to look at an upgrade I mean cosider upgrading the 200mhz unit with a larger motherboard and cpu as the 200 just wont run xp succesfully as I said in a further post a larger board can be aquired for a very small outlay you're going to spend $100 plus on xp on a machine that just wont run properly
You need this memory: http://www.pccanada.com/inventory.asp?cat=MEMORY You can see that to get 256MB would cost $220 bucks plus tax... Even 4 x 32MB would cost $160 bucks, LoL - it's only Canadian $$ but still, modern 512MB DDR sticks are only $50 bucks each. With 256MB, that 200MHz would run XP Home okay (email, internet, word processor etc.) Yikes! You need more memory than that to run Win98... Honestly: I would install 2 x 32MB (2 x $40) and for $80 bucks you would have a total of 96MB and could run Win98 just fine :^) It will do anything you want (anything WinXP could do with 256MB). You might consider Win2K OS for it... Keep 'em running! (and out of landfill) but ya gotta watch the $$ Regards Edit: Link not working too good :^( Select 'Memory > SIMM (EDO/NP)' from blue menu on left side
why spend $80 on a 200mhz I dont know about canada but I can pick up a 500mhz or better with 128ram for $100 in Australia
